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Philadelphia Rapid Transit Token

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Token

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this transportation token during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and transportation tokens. There are three slits in the center of the token and a central legend of PRT.

Obverse: Small Keystone symbol at the bottom. The legend reads: PHILADELPHIA/PRT